Vegetable Garden

[Couchlock]

[QUOTE="Obspowerstroke;7285265"]

How do you plant them upside down? Sounds very interesting[/QUOTEcut hole in bottom of bucket about 3" round

Fill with soil, place starter plant in home in bottom, hang by handle

Water from top

It looks cool, but is slightly hinder growth, because roots grow down based on gravity, so the will not readily use the entire medium, instead the will go and stay around base of upside down plant


I like to take 5 gal bucket, cut bottom completely off, dig hole in ground about 3/4 the height of bucket, fill hole halfway with very very rich soil, amended with organic nutes. Now fill bucket with lighter airy potting mix aeration formula (cut with 33% perlite if you can't find a aeration mix) this lets the plant over come transplant shock and grow massive root system quickly, which it usually won't with heavy wet rich soil. So by the time they hit that bottom hole, they are well established and take off like rockets









My outdoor hydro learning center













Hybrib top feed drip/dutch bucket recirculating and deep water culture

[Obs]

[QUOTE=Couchlockd;7285292]

How do you plant them upside down? Sounds very interesting[/QUOTEcut hole in bottom of bucket about 3" round

Fill with soil, place starter plant in home in bottom, hang by handle

Water from top

It looks cool, but is slightly hinder growth, because roots grow down based on gravity, so the will not readily use the entire medium, instead the will go and stay around base of upside down plant


I like to take 5 gal bucket, cut bottom completely off, dig hole in ground about 3/4 the height of bucket, fill hole halfway with very very rich soil, amended with organic nutes. Now fill bucket with lighter airy potting mix aeration formula (cut with 33% perlite if you can't find a aeration mix) this lets the plant over come transplant shock and grow massive root system quickly, which it usually won't with heavy wet rich soil. So by the time they hit that bottom hole, they are well established and take off like rockets









My outdoor hydro learning center













Hybrib top feed drip/dutch bucket recirculating and deep water culture

Awesome!

[Kawigirl]

A gal could always use a guy who can garden!
Kudos
i have successfully killed everything in my path....except my dog (thank god)

[ghettoboyd]

[QUOTE=Couchlockd;7285292]

How do you plant them upside down? Sounds very interesting[/QUOTEcut hole in bottom of bucket about 3" round

Fill with soil, place starter plant in home in bottom, hang by handle

Water from top

It looks cool, but is slightly hinder growth, because roots grow down based on gravity, so the will not readily use the entire medium, instead the will go and stay around base of upside down plant


I like to take 5 gal bucket, cut bottom completely off, dig hole in ground about 3/4 the height of bucket, fill hole halfway with very very rich soil, amended with organic nutes. Now fill bucket with lighter airy potting mix aeration formula (cut with 33% perlite if you can't find a aeration mix) this lets the plant over come transplant shock and grow massive root system quickly, which it usually won't with heavy wet rich soil. So by the time they hit that bottom hole, they are well established and take off like rockets









My outdoor hydro learning center













Hybrib top feed drip/dutch bucket recirculating and deep water culture

I'm sure your "other" garden is just as impressive... nice job man...

[Couchlock]

A gal could always use a guy who can garden!
Kudos
i have successfully killed everything in my path....except my dog (thank god)

A guy can use a gal who appreciates a guy who can garden..

Hehe

[Obs]

Attachment 169038 First transplant. next they go into buckets.

[Couchlock]

<img src="http://forums.steroid.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=169038"/> First transplant. next they go into buckets.

You planted the wrong seeds obs...

[Obs]

You planted the wrong seeds obs...

????

[Obs]

You planted the wrong seeds obs...

the long containers are sunflowers I just adopted from my girlfriend.

[KCMOman]

Radishes and lettuce are coming along good. Green beans just broke the soil and look healthy. I planted cucumber plants last weekend and will be planting all my tomatoes next weekend! Can't wait to eat my veggies!

[Obs]

Radishes and lettuce are coming along good. Green beans just broke the soil and look healthy. I planted cucumber plants last weekend and will be planting all my tomatoes next weekend! Can't wait to eat my veggies!

Hell yes, nothing better. wish I had more time and ground to devote this year. Had to have my tomatoes but I was just bitching about having to carry everything out of the rain because I just watered it after transplanting.
Maybe next year I can do better. Green beans are another staple that is nothing like store bought.

[KCMOman]

Hell yes, nothing better. wish I had more time and ground to devote this year. Had to have my tomatoes but I was just bitching about having to carry everything out of the rain because I just watered it after transplanting. Maybe next year I can do better. Green beans are another staple that is nothing like store bought.

It's ALWAYS better tasting eating something you have grown yourself! I do a lot of cannning and salsa making here!

[Obs]

Attachment 169240
Mothers day present for my lady. It was bare dirt before and looked like shit. Now you could stand there 30 minutes and still not see everything.
She was thrilled and that made my day.

[Couchlock]

<img src="http://forums.steroid .com/attachment.php?attachmentid=169240"/>
Mothers day present for my lady. It was bare dirt before and looked like shit. Now you could stand there 30 minutes and still not see everything.
She was thrilled and that made my day.

Nice work

You know what's a cool unusual and somewhat helpful (not much, but slightly) is planting a few Venus flytraps

[Obs]

Nice work

You know what's a cool unusual and somewhat helpful (not much, but slightly) is planting a few Venus flytraps

I wouldnt know where to get them but she would think that was awesome.

[Couchlock]

I wouldnt know where to get them but she would think that was awesome.

Grocery stores have em

[Couchlock]

Grocery stores have em

Wal-Mart

I got mine from aldi's

[Obs]

Wal-Mart

I got mine from aldi's

Be damned, i have been through and through walmarts garden. May have overlooked them.

[Obs]

Over fertilized my freaking tomatoes! Edges of leaves are burnt. Hoping all this rain washes the freaking salt from the soil and cures it before they die.

[hollowedzeus]

Over fertilized my freaking tomatoes! Edges of leaves are burnt. Hoping all this rain washes the freaking salt from the soil and cures it before they die.

You might get lucky and they will turn into super tomatos. They sell them here in scotland, they are blue and taste of strawberries

[Couchlock]

You might get lucky and they will turn into super tomatos. They sell them here in scotland, they are blue and taste of strawberries

Nope nutrient burn is only the tip of iceberg.

If you see symptoms, the condition has been present for at least 12-14 days.

Go organic, never a chance of burn.

Now lets dive into this.

Over fert. Is going to cause a chain reaction of PH SWING/LOCKOUT nutrient deficiencies and toxicities all at the same time.

Flush those with plain water,a good healthy 10 gall ins or so

[hollowedzeus]

I will be honest... i have never realised there was such finesse to growing food... but then again the only things ive ever grew is watercrest and i am currently the proud owner of an aloe vera plant that i mutilated in biology in school and am noe caring for in repent....

On a serious note good for you being self sufficient guys. Respect!

[Obs]

Nope nutrient burn is only the tip of iceberg.

If you see symptoms, the condition has been present for at least 12-14 days.

Go organic, never a chance of burn.

Now lets dive into this.

Over fert. Is going to cause a chain reaction of PH SWING/LOCKOUT nutrient deficiencies and toxicities all at the same time.

Flush those with plain water,a good healthy 10 gall ins or so

They have been in the rain for two days straight. When its done I will flush them again.

[Couchlock]

They have been in the rain for two days straight. When its done I will flush them again.

Rain will,do it.

[Sh0tsf1red]

Here ya go OBS,

if your growing in containers use this recipe. You'll be amazed.

1.5 cuft bag of good organic soil
(Fox farm ocean Forrest, Kellogg, fafard, vermifire, etc)
Add to each 1.5 cu ft the following:;
4.5 to 6lb earth worm casting
10 oz blood meal
10 oz bone meal (fish bone meal works)
10 oz of high P guano
6 oz rock phosphate
1.5 tablespoon Dolomite lime
1 tablespoon green sand, azomite, or glacial rock dust
1/2 tablespoon of humic ore.

Get this wet with about a quart or 2 of water, let sit for 3 weeks

This mix rocks hard core.

Can literally watch them grow

What strains are you runnin? LOL! I know we can't talk about that here!!!!

[Couchlock]

What strains are you runnin? LOL! I know we can't talk about that here!!!!

Better boy hybrids
Beefsteak
Golden nugget ornamental pepper
Celebrity hybrids
And green bell peppers

[Obs]

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My beefsteaks are throwing out the numbers like a roma! I have twenty starting on two plants. These budded out like they are on roids! Soon, I will be buried in tomatoes. This crop is kicking serious ass.

[EDCG19]

Anyone into vertical gardening? I've been looking into this setup for some time since I grew up this way. I stopped gardening a few months ago since I got too busy with other things and couldn't take care of the plants They died...

Looking at a new setup, hopefully something I can use long term this time

These are just regular pallets, they have a few different types and you have to use a specific pallet for gardening.. Looks like a sweat setup though

[Obs]

Anyone into vertical gardening? I've been looking into this setup for some time since I grew up this way. I stopped gardening a few months ago since I got too busy with other things and couldn't take care of the plants They died...

Looking at a new setup, hopefully something I can use long term this time

These are just regular pallets, they have a few different types and you have to use a specific pallet for gardening.. Looks like a sweat setup though

That does look awesome!

[Couchlock]

Lets see your sunny

Mine are Lou and arnold

[Couchlock]

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psrx8icnme.jpg

[MuscleScience]

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psrx8icnme.jpg

Damn impressive Sunflowers!

[Couchlock]

See below

[Couchlock]

Damnit. Can someone please tell me a good image hosting site

[hollowedzeus]

Imgur?

[Couchlock]

[Obs]

Attachment 170362
Attachment 170363nearly too late
They have matured and are on the way out.

[Kai Lover]

When I saw this thread title and the author, I was expecting it to be a piss-take on my poetry thread.

[Couchlock]

When I saw this thread title and the author, I was expecting it to be a piss-take on my poetry thread.

Oh no.

We are VERY FUCKING serious about our gardens, bro!

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[Kai Lover]

Oh no.

We are VERY FUCKING serious about our gardens, bro!

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After viewing this entire thread post by post, and line by line, from Obspowerstroke's first post on 13th April to couchlock'd post today on 28th August, I'm giving a 4 out 10 for effort, and 5 out of 10 for creativity, with an overall rating of Mediocre.